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Friday, November 4, 2016

MSI/USAID - MESP Vacancy: Local Governance and Decentralization Specialist for Final Evaluation on USAID/PRIORITAS Program

Local Governance and
Decentralization Specialist for Final Evaluation of USAID/Indonesia’s
Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s
Teachers, Administrators, and Students (PRIORITAS) Program

MSI Indonesia Monitoring
and Evaluation Support Project

Company Profile:

MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area
international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development
results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and
evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management,
governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90
countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our
field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of
international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and
multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and
local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more
information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project Summary: The USAID/Indonesia Monitoring
and Evaluation Support Project (MESP) is designed to improve the functioning
and utility of USAID Mission Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Project
Planning and Design systems through a combination of targeted direct M&E
implementation, expert technical assistance, formal training, and knowledge
sharing and M&E collaboration support. Under MESP, MSI has been asked to
conduct a final performance evaluation of USAID’s Prioritizing Reform,
Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators,
and Students (PRIORITAS) Program. The evaluation is
expected to begin in April 2017. It will last about 8-10 weeks.

Position Summary:
MSI is seeking a local governance and decentralization specialist to serve on
the evaluation team, working under the leadership of the Team Leader and MSI
for the upcoming PRIORITAS evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to gather
lessons learned to inform future USAID and Government of Indonesia efforts to
strengthen basic education in Indonesia. MSI is seeking a local governance and
decentralization specialist to serve as a full member of the evaluation team.

Responsibilities:

·Participate
in the initial Team Planning Meeting in Jakarta.

·Support
qualitative data collection, which may include desk review, key informant
interviews, or focus group discussions in Jakarta and multiple provinces/districts.

·Provide
the evaluation team with insight into key dimensions of local education
governance and decentralization that underpin effective education service
delivery

·Analyze quantitative and qualitative data that has been collected.

·Contribute
to coordinating a Findings/ Conclusions/ Recommendations Workshop in Jakarta as
well as a final workshop with Government of Indonesia officials.

·Contribute
to the development of the evaluation deliverables, including the methodology
and workplan, evaluation reports (draft and final), and debriefing.

·Other
tasks, as assigned by the Team Leader or MSI

Qualifications:

·At least 5 years’ experience working in related field required.

·Has an expert knowledge of the local education governance and decentralization, preferred.

·Master’s degree in relevant field required.

·Prior
experience serving on evaluation teams preferred.

·Basic
social science research skills including experience conducting research
that employs qualitative as well as quantitative approaches, preferred.

·Experience
reviewing and making sense of a large volume of interview data preferred.

·Fluency
in English and Bahasa required, both writing and speaking.

Only candidates who have
been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.